PITTSBURGH — Her name is Elizabeth Quarrier Eddy Cassetti, but the Pittsburgh native is known as
“Q.” Cassetti.

The short first name is as pretty and saucy as her illustration that inspired the 2014 Love
stamp for the U.S. Postal Service — just in time for Valentine’s Day.

The forever stamp Cut Paper Heart was released on Jan. 21. The Love stamp series started in
1973.

“Combining her skills as a designer with her love of illustration, Cassetti created a style
influenced by the arts of woodcut, cut paper and silkscreen, among others,” said Roy A. Betts, a
Postal Service spokesman.

“She is especially inspired by the motifs and symbols of folk art from global cultures of past
and present.

“Although her influences are traditional, her method of working is very modern. She generally
hand-draws her sketches and then digitally translates the designs into finished art.”

Cassetti received a bachelor’s degree in graphic design in 1979 from Carnegie Mellon
University.

She worked as a corporate communication designer until 1997, when she opened her own
design-consulting company.